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1946 - Duncan House - Clifton Bristol
I am looking at a birth certificate for 2 November 1946:
Sub district - Clifton
District - Bristol
Registration District - Bristol
For where born it it says Duncan House U.D.
After some research I ...
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Completing transcription of 1668 Baptism record of Maria Eva Wittwer from Sindolsheim
I have the baptism record for one of my 7x great-grandmothers, Maria Eva Wittwer of Sindolsheim, in 1668.
Can you help me to complete the transcription, as parts are difficult to read?
15. Annus ...
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Understanding funeral entry from 1695 in Bödigheim
I could use some assistance understanding this funeral entry from 1695 Bödigheim. Generally between Google translate and my very very limited German, I can figure out enough of the entry to get the ...
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How can I locate orphanages in Bond, Madison, Cole counties in Illinois from 1930 to 1937?
Cleo McCain was put in orphanage by Henry McCain (father) sometime between 1930 and 1936. He was removed by foster parents Oscar & Fredia Suess by 1937. They lived in Bond County, Illinois in ...
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Understanding DNA match of 1,800cM
Someone showed a DNA match to me as both sides.
1,800cM 26% shared.
Possible relationship 100% but is not an aunt or uncle, not a grandparent, not a half sibling, but maybe niece/nephew.
Is it ...
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Identifying presence of FamilySearch Person Notes (API)
I am successfully using the browser-based FamilySearch APIs (/platform/tree/persons/...) to obtain Person, Person Memories, Person Sources, and Person Notes information in JSON format.
I am not doing ...
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Where does gramps store information?
My wife is concerned some of the information on gramps will wind up on the Internet. Everything I have read, so far, says the data is stored in the local .gramps file and nowhere else.
Is this correct?...
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How can I share more DNA with a distant cousin's son than with the distant cousin?
My Heritage has brought up a 0.6% match with a suggested son of a 3rd Cousin / 4th Cousin. He is aged under 20.
Their tree is managed by the father aged in his 40's. However, there is only a 0.2% ...
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How can I share more DNA with a distant cousin's son than with the distant cousin? [duplicate]
My Heritage has brought up a 0.6% match with a suggested son of a 3rd Cousin / 4th Cousin. He is aged under 20.
Their tree is managed by the father aged in his 40's. However, there is only a 0.2% ...
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How can I find immigration or emigration records for Indians that went to Kenya in the 1920s?
I am trying to find out how I can trace any sort of records, like ship manifests, arrival records or departure records for Indians that went to Kenya in the early 1900s (around 1920).
Is there a ...
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Where to find "real" GEDCOM files to test computer softeware? [duplicate]
I am aware this is a repetition of this 2015 question, but it is 8 years old now, and the answers are no longer valid. I am in a software project of which one of the components has to operate with ...
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Occupation 1841 Scottish census [closed]
I have a man aged 65 in the Scottish 1841 census and his occupation is Mer, Ner or Her. I have looked online and cannot find the answer. He was a Carter Pauper in the 1851 census.
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Adding children to a parental census event in MacFamilyTree 10
I am just beginning to get to grips with MacFamilyTree and I can see how I can create a Family Event Type for a census entry and that this links together the husband and wife. What I cannot work out ...
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First Generation/Sibling Match? (using one to one DNA comparison)
Trying to wrap my head around this to determine if this is a legitimate sibling match (?)using report I got on GedMatch (one to one comparison DNA).
Report shows: 3557.3 total Autosomal cm/largest 206....
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Marriages in Caracas Venezuela 1969
I was married in Caracas in 1968 or 1969. How I can obtain these records from that time? I live in the USA now and need documentation for USCIS to process my Citizenship.
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My sons DNA show who my possible father is. Paternal side
My biological father could be my step grandfather. He is dead and so are all his siblings.
Would my sons DNA show my paternal side?
I am a woman.
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Can anyone assist me to read he details of the number 7 birth record of Howes?
Can anyone assist me to read he details of the number 7 birth record of Howes (Howse)?
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Can anyone assist me to read the details of the number 102 birth record of William Howes (Villiam Hoves )?
enter link description hereCan anyone assist me to read the details of the number 102 birth record of William Howes (Villiam Hoves ) ?
24 July 1858
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Date representation in GEDCOM X for calendars other than Gregorian
Gedcom X date format specification (https://github.com/FamilySearch/gedcomx/blob/master/specifications/date-format-specification.md) defines the string representation for Gregorian dates. However, I ...
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How to Search Directories by Address (not name)
I have searched online for this information, taken the Stack Exchange tour and searched previous questions for one that might answer my question; e.g., Ancestry, online search for Cole’s or Polk’s ...
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Parents date of marriage
How can I find the date for my parents' marriage? They were married in Virginia.
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Female WW2 U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
in my Great Grandmother's United States Marine Corps muster roll record the following information appears to be provided:
055 1-17 & 19...30, D, FPOSF;
18, only, sk qtrs.
How do I interpret this?
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Can aunt and her nephew's dna trace line to see if aunt's mother (nephew's grandmother) is her biological mother?
My Mom has had her DNA done, and her nephew, her sister's son, had his. There has always been a reason to believe that her mother is not her biological mother and my 89-year-old Mother really wants to ...
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Can I find my fathers war history [closed]
My father served in North Africa before becoming a prisoner of war and was sent to the San Francisco Area.
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What does an unexpected letter N at the end of a mother's last name on a stone (grave?) that may be for a less than one day old baby mean?
A marker was recently found that has a date on the top line, a first initial followed by the surname on the 2nd line and a woman's married name (same as the surname on line 2) but ends with an 'N'. ...
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Researching Masonic membership
My great uncle's name etc:
Louis Napoleon Senor
Born in Pysely Czechoslovakia July, 21, 1883
Died Sept 28, 1937
Cemetery:
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Jennings Avenue, Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York
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Finding Moroccan ancestors [closed]
I would like to find some family members, but I don`t really know if they exist or not.
I only have our last name and my grandpa's name, who I have never met. His name is possibly Adnane Toujjani, ...
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New Jersey Marriage Index
I found an entry for a 1923 marriage on the New Jersey Marriage Index. It references a VOL and Page #. Where can I view the Volumes?
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How did he get married and father a child while in Africa
My great-grandfather's Military History Sheet has him serving in Africa when he was supposed to have married my great-grandmother and fathered his first child - how could this be?
Country From ...
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1680s-1750s England/Wales inheritance of estates through female line
Is there a general rule in this period for inheriting an estate, viz:-
If the female heir is still alive, does she inherit, jointly with her husband, who would be controlling the estate?
If the ...
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Identifying military uniform which is probably French or Italian
I'm trying to ID someone's military uniform in an old family photo. Not a lot of clues to go on, except that the man was probably French or Italian, maybe in a colonial setting.
Can you recognize the ...
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Marriage Banns and 'of the Parish'
How long were people needing to reside 'in the Parish' before becoming 'of the Parish'? I have a 20year+ brick wall that i'm revisiting to no avail.
William Hine married Maria Welton
30 May 1805 St ...
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Connection a "Leves" in PA, USA in 1850 potentially to Levi routes in Alsace-Lorraine
My daughter's GGG grandfather, Thomas Levis, is 26 and located in Penn Forest, Carbon County PA in the 1850 census, but I haven't been able to get back any further. My daughter has half a clotting ...
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Is there a logical explanation for a missing death certificate in 1962 in Pennsylvania?
Another question (What are the differences between PA state file numbers and certificate numbers?) reminded me of a family mystery: why can't any of us find a death certificate for Ferenc Borbiró?
We ...
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What are the differences between PA state file numbers and certificate numbers?
In my quest to find more about my family history, I have been forced to look beyond the internet. In particular I am looking for two people that died anytime from 1910 to 1920 in Pennsylvania (...
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Birth Record of Christian Paap born 1835 Mecklenburg
I am looking for the birth of Christian Paap, born 15 Sep 1835 according to USA records. He married Dorothea Schröder/Shrader in the USA.
His future wife's family records are in Kessin, Blankenhagen, ...
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On FamilySearch, is it possible to find how I am related to someone more than 15/16 generations back?
First, I found the question Tracing relationships on FamilySearch's Family Tree through more than 15 generations? which is very similar, but I was not satisfied with the answer (and maybe a new ...
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Royal Navy WW2 service records
I have my fathers records of Naval service from the MOD. It makes reference to shore based establishments which accord with photos and information from my father before he’d passed away. Other ...
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Birth record in Magdeburg on October 11, 1889
I have a copy of the birth record that was recorded by the registrar Frostdorf in 1889. Main registrar #2091 but most of the handwritten portion isn't legible.
Is it possible to get a better copy and ...
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Unknown grandfather
Is it possible to know if my grandfather is the same person as my cousins grandfather thru DNA? My grandmother and my cousin's grandmother are sisters. All of these grandparents are dead.
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Reading German Church Records
These are fairly easy to read, but there are a few words that I can't read.
The godparents/witnesses usually aren't that useful, I am less concerned about them.
The mother's surname is spelled two ...
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Marriage record for J Heinrich Salsow
I am looking for the marriage record of J Heinrich Salsow and Maria Sophia Dorathea Schröder, she was known as Sophia Shrader in the USA. J Heinrich's birth record is in Volkenshagen parish. Sophia's ...
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Why are PAR1 and PAR2 on X-chromosome not matching the mother for a son?
In a gene test for a son and a mother by FamilyTreeDNA, the son is shown as having a match with the mother on the X chromosome from about 2 700 000 to about 154 900 000, indicating that parts of the ...
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Translating postcard written in German and sent either to/from Trebisov in Slovakia
Postcard sent to from Trebisov, Slovakia, possibly to Berlin , and from/to my great-uncle Marcusz Goldfischer
I'm not sure, I uploaded correctly, but there is an image of a woman on the front.
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Deciphering 1808 Alsatian German birth record
Having some trouble getting through this civil birth registration record from Issenhausen, Bas-Rhin, Alsace. I've left blanks for words I can't make out.
Maire von Issenhausene Gemeinde ____ von ...
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Using DNA to identify deceased grandfather
After discovering my grandfather wasn't related (my DNA showed zero relative matches on all sites for this man) I had my 3 brothers, a sister, my niece, and 2 of my children (who are half-siblings) ...
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Where would Talne, Vine, Germany or Talue, Germany be today?
I am attempting to find my stepsisters 2nd Great Grandfathers birth town. He immigrated to the US in 1885, but documents show he was born in Talne, Vine, Germany in 1865. His last name is Ulatowski. ...
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Someone is both my 1st and 2nd cousin, is there a name for that, or do you pick the closest level of relationship (1st cousin)? [duplicate]
Dora is my grandaunt's (maternal grandmother's sister's) daughter, which makes her my 1st Cousin 1x removed. Therefore Dora's children would be my 2nd cousins.
However, my paternal Uncle William ...
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finding 20th Century marriage records
Trying to find a marriage record for my ex father in law and ex mother in law, for my kids family tree. I know they were married in Missouri. I also know it was before 1962, they had a son that year. ...
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How many centiMorgans should we share?
Sally and Sidney are our great grandparents. Their daughter Susan is my grandmother and her Brother Peter is my cousins grandfather. Susan's son Frank is my father and my cousins Mother is Ruth. Frank'...
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